The Daily Blast: Trump’s Angry New Threats on Truth Social Take Dark and Revealing Turn

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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During the campaign, Donald Trump openly advertised that as president, he’ll use the state to retaliate against his enemies in every way he can. Now The New York Times reports that some of his advisers are urging him to absolutely make good on that threat. And right on cue, Trump erupted on social media, calling for investigations into people supposedly spreading false rumors about his intention to sell shares of his Truth Social—a revealing indicator of the types of abuses of power that we can expect from a second Trump term. We talked to New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser, author of a great new piece on what’s coming. She explains in alarming detail how Trump will be far more liberated—less constrained by the law, by the Republican Party, and by guardrails of any kind—than ever before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	During the campaign, Donald Trump openly advertised that as president he'll use the state
1:05.9	to retaliate against his enemies in every way he possibly can.
1:10.0	He won anyway.
1:13.2	Now the New York Times reports that some of his advisors are urging him to absolutely make good on that threat. And right on Q,
1:19.6	Trump erupted on social media calling for investigations into people who are supposedly spreading
1:25.1	false rumors about his intention to sell shares of his
1:28.3	truth social. So what exactly is this going to look like once he has the power to install
1:33.2	administration officials who actually can order such investigations?
1:37.3	Today we're discussing this with Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker who has a great
1:41.8	new piece arguing that Trump will be less constrained than ever before.
1:47.1	Great to have you back on, Susan.
1:49.0	Well, thanks so much for having me, Greg.
1:51.5	Okay, Susan, so Trump just raged that people who displeased him with their public comments about truth social should be, quote, immediately investigated by the appropriate authorities.
2:02.0	He'll be in charge of those authorities very, very soon. And now the Times reports that some of
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